Josh McHugh

Seeking Meat and Glory

Ah, the Yankee Doodle Coffee Shop. This one never gets old...

Published Monday, March 23, 1998
Seeking meat and glory, generations lured to Doodle
KATIE LINDGREN
YDN Staff Reporter
...When a Princeton student came to the Doodle and attempted to break the record, Anderson said he and fellow Yale students in the Doodle were skeptical of the Princetonian's eating club education and abilities.
But when the Princeton student was on his thirteenth burgers and close to breaking the current record, Anderson said they realized that Yale's monopoly on the Doodle record was in jeopardy of being lost to their New Jersey rivals.
In an effort to foil the Princetonian's efforts, Anderson said that Josh McHugh '91[editor's note: '92] ordered the Princeton student a complementary [Yale, eh?]chocolate milkshake. The Princeton student did not see through this attempt to derail his Doodle efforts, and he drank the milkshake.
"The guy lost it. He went out the door like five minutes (afterwards)," said Anderson, still laughing years later about this display of defensive Doodle etiquette that kept the Doodle title in the hands and stomachs of Yale students...
(Via The Yale Daily News.) Click onward for the full story...

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Quote of the Wee Hour

"The truth is, that if you're working on a piece at three in the morning, you're not Keats; you're just late." - Anthony Lane

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How the Real Heavy Hitters Get it Done

From rodcorp, a great list of links to work-methodology info on many of the finer minds in the game...

We're interested in the habits, rituals and small (and occasionally big) methods people and teams use to get their work done. And in the specific anecdotes and the way people describe their own relationship to their own work. Here's a list of some stories and habits. Not sure it is actually useful for anything. Do any patterns emerge across stories, other than the obvious stories of super-focus, super-dedication?
These examples are mostly "names" because the list so far is mostly from published sources, but everyone's stories and habits are interesting, so go ahead and add yours in the comments.

rodcorp: How we work:

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